Bag-holder



(No Model.)v

L. G. PALMER.

BAG HOLDER.

No.- 578,261. Patented Manz 1897.

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UNITED STATES t ATENT FFICE..

LEEMAN C. PALMER, OF LOVMAN, NEW YORK.

BAG-HOLDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 578,261, dated March 2, 1897.

Application iiled December 31, 1895. Serial No. 573,952. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern,.-

Be it known that I, LEEMAN C. PALMER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Lowman, in the county of Chemung and State of New York, have invented a new and useful Bag-Holder, of which the following is a specication.

The invention relates to improvements in bag-holders.

The object of the present invention is to improve the construction of bag-holders and to provide a simple, inexpensive, and efficient one adapted to be readily adjusted in height to suit bags and sacks of different len gths'and I spending parts in all the figures of the drawings.

1 designates a supporting-frame comprising a top 2, adapted to receive the mouth of a bag 3, and a pair of standards 4, hinged at their upper ends to the top 2 and adapted to have their lower ends spread beyond a vertical position to lower the top to adjust the frame in height to suit the length of a bag or sack to be held. The standards 4 are provided at their lower ends with horizontal bars or feet 5, forming feet and having their lower edges beveled and provided with spurs or projections 6 to prevent the standards from slipping.

The horizontal bars or feet 5 are disposed longitudinally of the bag-carrier, and the standards or bars, which are hinged at their upper ends to the sides of the rectangular frame at the back thereof, are arranged to swing transversely of the bag-holder to raise and lower the horizontal frame.

The frame is secured at the desired adj ustmentby a brace 7, extending diagonally across the back of the frame and having one end pivoted to one of the standards near the lower end thereof and the upper portion of the brace 7 provided with notches 9, adapted to engage a pin 10, arranged horizontally on the other v standard near the top thereof.

The top, which consists of a horizontal bagreceiving frame open at the front, is provided with a pair of parallel horizontal arms 11, eX- tending forward from a connecting cross-piece and having their front ends free and presenting inner inclined faces 12 and adapted to receive the mouth of the-bag 3, which is maintained open by a hinged clamping-frame 13. The clam ping-frame 13 is arranged within the mouth of the bag and supports the same, and it is constructed of any suitable material, preferably metal, and consists of a single piece of the same provided at its terminals with eyes which are linked into eyes let of the top 2. The clamping-frame is substantially rectangular in form. The front side is slightly curved, and it is adapted to be readily lifted to release the bag.

When a bag is secured by the clampingframe, it is held against forward or outward movement by shoulders 13a, formed by angularly-bending and inwardly-offsetting terminals of the clamping-frame, and these shoulders are adapted to engage the bag, as clearly illustrated in Fig. 2 of the accompanying drawings. y

When the bag is interposed between the sides of the fralne and the inclined faces of the arms of the top 2, it is securely held, and the greater the strain on the bag the more securely it is retained on the arms of the frame.

The hinges 15, which connect the upper ends of the standards to the top 2, are arranged at the outer sides of the standards, and the upper ends of the latter fit squarely against the top when the standards are parallel or perpendicular.

It will be seen that the bag-holder is ex ceedingly simple and inexpensive in construe tion, that it is adapted to be readily adjusted in height to accommodate bags of different lengths, and that it is capable of securely holding the mouth of a bag and to support the same to permit the bag to be conveniently filled. It will also be apparent that the stand ards or bars 4, which swing transversely of IOO e nected with the back, means for securing a bag to the bag-receiving frame and for holding the mouth of the bag open, a pair of standards o1' bars hinged at their upper ends to the sides of the bag-receiving frame, provided at their lower ends with longitudinally-disposed feet and arranged to swing transversely of the bag-holder, said standards or bars being adapted to raise or lower the horizontal bagreceiving frame without affecting the means for attaching a bag to the saine, and an inclined brace located at the back of the bagholder, pivoted at its lower end to the bottoni of one of the standards and detachabl y engaging the other standard near the top thereof, the upper end of the brace being located in rear of the bag-holding frame and within easy reach of the operator, substantially as described.

2. A bag-holder comprising a horizontal bag-receiving frame open at its front and comprising a back and parallel sides, ineans for supporting the horizontal frame, and a substantially rectangular clamping-frame located within and engaging the bag-receiving frame, hinged at its terminals to the back of the saine and having its ends angularly bent and inwardly offset, and forming rear sl1oulders adapted to engage a bag, whereby the latter is prevented from slipping forward oif the supporting and clam ping frames, substantially as described.

In testimony that l claim the foregoing as niy own I have hereto ahixed my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

LEEMAN C. PALMER.

Titn esses:

G. E. PALMER, C. EISTORMS. 

